The 20 Greatest Atari ST Games of All-Time

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  • In this video we countdown the 20 Greatest Atari ST Games of All-Time as voted for by you - the retro gaming community!
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  • @TheLairdsLair
    @TheLairdsLair  Місяць тому +5

    Full Top 50 Atari ST Games List:
    50 - Stardust
    49 - Goldrunner
    48 - Nebulus
    47 - Rainbow Islands
    46 - Cadaver
    45 - Star Wars
    44 - Bubble Bobble
    43 - Buggy Boy
    42 - Midwinter
    41 - Civilization
    40 - Fire & Ice
    39 - Power Monger
    38 - Gods
    37 - Blood Money
    36 - Lotus 2
    35 - Zak McKracken
    34 - North & South
    33 - Phantasie
    32 - Cabal
    31 - Lemmings
    30 - Time Bandit
    29 - Another World
    28 - Sundog
    27 - Super Sprint
    26 - Kick Off 2
    25 - Xenon
    24 - Llamatron
    23 - Hunter
    22 - Secret of Monkey Island
    21 - Captain Blood
    20 - Turrican 2
    19 - Frontier: Elite II
    18 - IK+
    17 - Midi-Maze
    16 - Xenon 2
    15 - Falcon
    14 - Star Glider
    13 - Vroom
    12 - Gauntlet II
    11 - Populous
    10 - Stunt Car Racer
    9 - Wings of Death
    8 - Micro Prose Grand Prix
    7 - Carrier Command
    6 - Oids
    5 - Rick Dangerous
    4 - Defender of the Crown
    3 - Sensible Soccer
    2 - Speedball 2
    1 - Dungeon Master

  • @brulsmurf
    @brulsmurf 7 місяців тому +9

    The Atari ST is the future of computing, and anyone who wants to be on the cutting edge of technology should choose the Atari ST.

  • @Francois424
    @Francois424 3 місяці тому +4

    My AtariST top7 games (as in the only games I replay on emulator from time to time) are :
    1985 - Phantasie series (my favorite is the 3rd one, simply for the game engine upgrade alone).
    1985 - SunDog: Frozen Legacy. The game will generate new starmap and move those Cryogens around too (well except the one on "Tuie"). It feels fresh all the time
    1986 - Starfleet I - The War begins. Very nice turn-based strategy space combat game. Very close (and could easily be ported into) the classic StarTrek universe.
    1987 - Dungeon Master. I've played so many games of it, and yet no playthru is exactly the same. You forget stuff then you find it again, heh.
    1988 - Carrier Command (of which, ALL remakes have sucked). I have a game that has been going since 2011 where I purposely left the enemy carrier alive and try to win that way. Going well but very hard.
    1988 - Ultima V. Of all the ultima games, this is my favorite. I don't even need to finish it to enjoy it either. Just play sink a few hours, stop when tired... Like most on this list too.
    1989 - MidWinter. I have played this one less of late, as I feel I've done most of what I wanted to try. I still enjoy a couple hours every now and then.
    This list is not really in order, as it depends on what I feel like playing at the time (Right now playing Phantasie III - The Wrath of Nikademus).
    I guess if I had to order it from best to least... Phantasie, SunDog, Ultima V, Dungeon Master, Carrier Command, Starfleet I, MidWinter.
    But the titles move around every now and then, like MidWinter which really sucked me in HARD back then, I don't replay as much these days.
    Very different list than the top20 presented here, but I never was much into sports game (except the odd weird one with the cats and 4vs4 - dont remember name).
    IK and Racing I have played TO DEATH on my Atari800 so didn't buy those again on the ST.
    Good memories and thanks for the Video !

  • @jacobzimmermann59
    @jacobzimmermann59 8 місяців тому +5

    My personal top 5 favorites on the Atari ST, in no particular order:
    - Dungeon Master
    - Flight Simulator II
    - Vroom
    - Sim City
    - Mortviele Manor

  • @Nyctonaut
    @Nyctonaut 3 місяці тому +3

    Wow! 3:20 That commercial was wild. Pretty sure that would have freaked me the heck out as a kid!
    Great list as always! You're one of my new favorite channels to binge.

  • @CarsandCats
    @CarsandCats 7 місяців тому +4

    Many, many, many hours played of Dungeon Master. The UI is burned into my brain permanently.

  • @40somethingmanchild
    @40somethingmanchild 10 місяців тому +10

    Glad to see Carrier Command in the top 10. I'd have put it higher as it's one of my favourite games of all time. But happy to see it recognised. Great video btw 👍

  • @aluinie
    @aluinie 10 місяців тому +7

    Great video . Was glad Carriar Command reached such a high rank. Classic game. I would have aso had Damalcos and Midwinter in my top games .

  • @peytonl4924
    @peytonl4924 3 місяці тому +2

    I loved the karate, my first Tetris game was on my ST, so was my first flight simulator. War zone was another one I loved.

  • @skywarp727
    @skywarp727 10 місяців тому +3

    It's so neat to see all of these computer games and different systems. I never had any of them growing up, all of my gaming was on consoles. That's one of the reasons I enjoy your channel so much. Great video.

  • @qfragger
    @qfragger 10 місяців тому +5

    'blue bird splash one mig'. 😎

  • @kboid5919
    @kboid5919 Місяць тому +1

    my games I played on atari stf and still remember: prehistoric, another world, north and south, fred, prince of persia, street fighter 2, barbarian 2, hero quest, daleks, giana sisters, goblins 1 and 2, many dizzy games - fantastic was the prettiest, lotus, metal mutant, sensible soccer, silent service, virus, asterix - the one with the hindu guy...

  • @DarrenJohn10X
    @DarrenJohn10X 7 місяців тому +2

    @7:52 THANK YOU for including that audio track from Starglider :-)

  • @-AEdrums
    @-AEdrums 9 місяців тому +2

    I totally loved MIDI-MAZE, clever use of the MIDI interfac. OIDS was Soo smooth to pay it became active.

  • @scottfitzpatrick1939
    @scottfitzpatrick1939 5 місяців тому +2

    Want to go back to thise times they just seemed more simple

  • @PeBoVision
    @PeBoVision 10 місяців тому +8

    Truly dissapointed that Sundog didn't make the cut. I consider it the greatest trading/exploration game to this day, and woiuld have given a well-deserved trifecta-win to FTL Software, who also gave us Oids and Dungeon Master. It was the first game that ever had me phone-in sick to the office several times, so I could stay home and complete a task in the game.
    I'd go so far as to say if you have an ST with the three FTL titles, you have the three most impressive genre-defining games on the platform. For one developer to demonstrate such a diversity of vision is rare. To pull it off to be the best-in-show with each release, is truly astounding.
    Regardless, this is one of your best (our best?) compilations to date. If I've said that before here, it's because it has been true each time. (And FTL did get 2 out of their 3 on the board). Still no love for Psygnosis Barbarian though...I so loved that game. It was such eye candy for the time.

    • @terminus8444
      @terminus8444 10 місяців тому +1

      I agree, Sundog was fantastic! It's what really pushed me to get an ST!

    • @DarrenJohn10X
      @DarrenJohn10X 7 місяців тому

      Procedural generation of map locatiins and traded commodities -- on a floppy disk. Genius programming!

  • @wleon4068
    @wleon4068 7 місяців тому +2

    Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker, Stunt Car Racer, ik Karate, Populous, Geoff Crammond's Grand Prix, Dungeon Master.

  • @jamesbellegarde2893
    @jamesbellegarde2893 6 місяців тому +2

    I’ve never understood why such amazing channel has such low views and subscriptions. That’s not a yes it’s a remark on the UA-cam algorithm. Keep up the great videos don’t ever stop.

  • @peterpereira3653
    @peterpereira3653 10 місяців тому +2

    Great video with an interesting selection games.

  • @UK_Cobra
    @UK_Cobra 10 місяців тому +5

    Great little machine the ST, I think one of my favourite games was Ranarama. The tune still jingles in my old noggin thinking back to it 🥰

    • @terminus8444
      @terminus8444 10 місяців тому +1

      Wow! I remember Ranarama. That was quite a good game, but one that doesn't get mentioned very often.

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  10 місяців тому +2

      Ranarama wasn't on the Amiga either, so the ST is the only 16-bit version.

    • @terminus8444
      @terminus8444 10 місяців тому

      @@TheLairdsLair I did not know that. I would have thought for sure that an Amiga version existed as well. 👍

  • @LaNwamNi
    @LaNwamNi 10 місяців тому +7

    Llamatron 2112 and Jeff Minter sadly missing from the list; one of the greatest games of all time.
    I was always a Speedball 1 enthusiast; I noticed that that it was equally entertaining as a spectator sport to my friends if it was human versus human.
    It was on the ST that I was also introduced to the original Braben/Bell Elite which is also one of the greatest of all time.
    My favourite flight sim was the WWII-based Their Finest Hour.
    A couple of honourable mentions are Bombuzal and Powermonger, which were both very addicting. And totally agree with the inclusion of Xenon 2.

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  10 місяців тому +5

      Llamatron is the quintessential ST game I spoke of in the intro, one of the games I was most shocked not to see in the Top 20.

    • @LaNwamNi
      @LaNwamNi 10 місяців тому +2

      @@TheLairdsLair Nobody else could have fitted the description you gave, so I was not surprised when his name and games were nowhere to be seen. I think I was introduced to Llamatron via a floppy on the front of ST Format and was playing that game every day following. It also introduced me to the concept of shareware.

    • @mervynstent1578
      @mervynstent1578 10 місяців тому +2

      Jeff Minter was even well known in the Amiga scene as being an Atari ST programming genius!

    • @DarrenJohn10X
      @DarrenJohn10X 7 місяців тому

      It is 2023 and my brother still regularly plays Llamatron!

  • @GandaMelgao
    @GandaMelgao 10 місяців тому +4

    Great video! Never had an ST, and never really wanted one (I had an Amiga), but in my opinion, the ST was also a Great machine. Thank you for the video 😊

  • @glenmale1748
    @glenmale1748 28 днів тому +1

    I bought my 520 for the Kings Quest games and then discovered Carrier Command and Midwinter.

  • @2001pl
    @2001pl 10 місяців тому +2

    honestly, it's a very fair selection. none of the true masterpieces is missing.

  • @colinmcdonald2499
    @colinmcdonald2499 10 місяців тому +8

    Dungeon Master crushed the #1 spot! That makes me happy bec
    ause many other people had their minds blown by just how good it was. Thanks for including my quote Laird, it made my Saturday afternoon!

  • @joemelnick
    @joemelnick 6 місяців тому +2

    I enjoyed Bubble Bobble and Dungeon Master on my Atari ST. Lots of hours were spent on those as well as Stunt Car Racer and Populous. Thanks for the video.

  • @IntoTheVerticalBlank
    @IntoTheVerticalBlank 10 місяців тому +2

    Awesome job as always, K!

  • @GCSoundArtifacts
    @GCSoundArtifacts 10 місяців тому +2

    Great to see this list, it was an opportunity for me to learn more about the ST. Definitely, I enjoyed very much seeing the substantial presence of games built with polygon graphics, specially the incredible Carrier Command! I do agree with you that the ST was the best in this area, surpassing the rival Amiga in it. I missed the presence of Civilization here, though! It's a fundamental game for the system, I feel.
    And thanks for putting my comment about Wings of Death, my very favorite ST game!

  • @andrewgoodall2183
    @andrewgoodall2183 Місяць тому +2

    Dungeon Master - check. Carrier Command - check. Starglider - check. Falcon - check. Stunt Car Racer - check. Oids - check. Not one Mike Singleton game - astonished sob 😢.

  • @davidcaruso2517
    @davidcaruso2517 9 місяців тому +3

    Sundog, Airball, all the Sierra games (king's quest, police quest etc) and lets not forget TIME BANDITS!

  • @dempseydiscus
    @dempseydiscus 10 місяців тому +3

    Gauntlet looks great on the ST 👍

  • @jasonwilliams706
    @jasonwilliams706 10 місяців тому +4

    Such a great selection of games but so many more have a reason to be there ! Rainbow Islands was such an amazing game on the ST!

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  10 місяців тому +3

      Agreed, nigh-on arcade perfect conversion.

  • @Speculative1
    @Speculative1 6 днів тому +1

    Great list, though I'm surprised cannon fodder or any of the Ishar games didn't make it!

  • @tobybridson
    @tobybridson 10 місяців тому +1

    Used to play the ST at a friends house, it was really cool. We played Bubble Bobble and TNT mostly. I was pretty good, but I ended up with an Amiga 500 in the end.
    Some games were very good and exclusive to the ST… but all my friends ended up getting Amigas - miss those amazing days of disk swapping.

  • @kildogery
    @kildogery 10 місяців тому +2

    Amazing stuff

  • @MansaMusa50
    @MansaMusa50 7 місяців тому +1

    defender of the crown though. man i loved that game. great vid with much nostalgia

    • @MansaMusa50
      @MansaMusa50 7 місяців тому +1

      spoke to soon, speedball 1 & 2, then dungeon master. i'm done 💀

  • @winstonsmith478
    @winstonsmith478 10 місяців тому +2

    I had an Atari 1040STf and loved it. I bought it with the color monitor because the Amiga 1000 was much more expensive. If the A500 or A1200 had been available at the time I bought the ST, I would have bought one of those. I've heard that since game manufacturers wanted to sell games for both the ST and Amiga, they wrote for the ST and didn't always improve the games to take advantage of the Amiga's greater capabilities.

  • @thepenultimateninja5797
    @thepenultimateninja5797 Місяць тому +1

    Perhaps the lack of votes for arcade ports is due to the fact that we can all just play the actual arcade games nowadays?

  • @CountLollo
    @CountLollo 10 місяців тому

    Great video, and thanks for showing my comment about Speedball II!
    What about a "hidden gems" video now? There's more than enough for a top 100! 😂

  • @JasonPotapoff
    @JasonPotapoff 2 місяці тому +1

    The biggest game left off the list I think is Micro League Baseball.

  • @Xenon0000000000001
    @Xenon0000000000001 9 місяців тому +2

    Panza Kick Boxing was certainly my favourite fighting game. Although, that might be just because of the great sound (compared to your average ST game).
    I think a lot of the games in the list aren't really the best games, it's more that they were the most influential or game changing at the time. There were certainly better flight sims than Falcon that came along later (e.g. F29 Retaliator, Fighter Bomber). Zool, Venus The Flytrap and James Pond were great platformers that were released later on in the 16-bit era, but I guess a lot of people had moved onto other systems by then?
    I would have had Lemmings (better than the PC version, and the sequels were just as good), Sim City (it worked well with the use of GEM for the UI), Lotus 2, Toyota Celica GT Rally (3D rally game and I loved the engine noises), North & South (really fun game, great graphics and sound), Rainbow Islands (arcade fun), Cannon Fodder, Jimmy White's Whirlwind Snooker (one for the Brits, best snooker game ever?), Pipe Mania (great puzzle game), Robocop 3 (3D FPS and driving with Robocop), Super Cars 2 (best overhead view racing game) and of course, you've got to have Llamatron.

  • @grigorirazumovski1012
    @grigorirazumovski1012 10 місяців тому +2

    I am wating for a special controller of atari i ordered. That will be great :D Going to go back to the past...play games and so on. :D

  • @alanklajnsek4400
    @alanklajnsek4400 27 днів тому +1

    A nice machine the way I see it.
    Amiga graphics was a bit smoother one can notice, but very comparable.

  • @casmuts
    @casmuts 8 місяців тому +1

    Defender of the Crown was part of the package when I bought my ST

  • @colinthomson7518
    @colinthomson7518 7 місяців тому +1

    the Atari ST was a good machine, I had an STfm and an STE mostly used them for Music and drawing pixel ART. I owned most of these games here.

  • @serqetry
    @serqetry 10 місяців тому +1

    Good video, but although I like some of these games a lot, only one of my all-time favorites (Dungeon Master) made the list. Some of my other top choices would be: JUG, Airball, Time Bandit, Goldrunner, Goldrunner II, Sundog, and Tetra Quest.

  • @bubbythebear6891
    @bubbythebear6891 6 місяців тому

    Rick Dangerous had such clean artwork, it legit looks like a modern indie game. Very clever sprite work, looks very high resolution. Then you hear the sound effects and the professional illusion is shattered! PC gaming was a whole different beast, but it's interesting to see classic gaming from another perspective. As much as I am a console guy, retro PCs don't get as much modern recognition. Understandable given their intended purpose wasn't for gaming, but I feel Dangerous Dave , Super Frog and company deserve some time in the spotlight!

  • @simonwatkins999
    @simonwatkins999 9 місяців тому +1

    Loved the selection, I really liked Kick off 2 with the broken curved ball from the corner of the penelty box in the world edition. Still think Cybernoid 2 and Terry big adventure could be up there.

  • @10p6
    @10p6 10 місяців тому +3

    Nice. I wish they had made Xenon 2 with an option to turn off FX so one could hear the music uninterrupted.

  • @wleon4068
    @wleon4068 7 місяців тому +1

    The Bitmap Brothers produced a lot of games for both Atari ST and Amiga. Most notably 'Gods' 'Speedball' and 'Speedball 2' Brutal Delux.

  • @DeanoRav
    @DeanoRav 10 місяців тому +3

    Surprising that Civilization didn't make the top 20. Probably was my most played game aongside Sensible Soccer.

    • @CA_I
      @CA_I 5 місяців тому

      I remember when you had a revolution in Civilization on the ST version there was the fear of the game crashing as I only ran it from the 💾 drive.

  • @jaysmith2858
    @jaysmith2858 10 місяців тому +2

    No Rainbow Islands, Bubble Bobble, Populous 2, Powermonger, Midwinter or The Secret of Monkey Island.
    At least the right game was at number one. It's still the only game that made me get a specific system just so I could play that one game.

  • @-Sunny--
    @-Sunny-- 8 місяців тому +1

    happy to see dungeon master in ther!

  • @josephrowe2202
    @josephrowe2202 10 місяців тому +1

    Falcons smooth 3d graphics at 1.5 fps😮

  • @moronicmisfit9148
    @moronicmisfit9148 10 місяців тому +1

    had an Atari 400, an Atari ST and an Amiga, loved all those machines, still have the 400 48k , and the Amiga, but damn I miss my ST, it died ,
    Spent many a night crawling through Dungeon Master ,
    sinkin my opponents land as fast as I could In Populous ,to drown all the people and wreck their homes, such a great demented game idea. .
    badly jumping over rhinos in Baal, and many other games.
    I also loved using GFA Basic on the ST, such a great language , and easy to do fast games on the ST and lets call them apps,.
    It was what I wish Atari basic was like on the 8bits , ((least we had Action by OSS on the 8 bits ), a great C basic hybrid )
    along with STOS, which was just plain fun programming in my opinion.
    and by the way, great list, all those games were fun to play and still are with
    STEEM , or a live ST if you can get one.
    have you played Atari today?

  • @IsaacKuo
    @IsaacKuo 10 місяців тому +1

    Very interesting that there was only one platformer. Retro gaming is heavily dominated by platformers, but to me computer games of the era offered so much more than just platforming.
    That said, I tended to avoid a lot of the deeper games like Dungeon Master and Carrier Command, so I didn't end up voting for either even though they massively impressed me (while watching others play them).

  • @retropalooza
    @retropalooza 10 місяців тому +3

    Rick dangerous has alot of the same looks as the newer Sydney hunter games over at collectorvision games

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  10 місяців тому +2

      The original Sydney Hunter game was a straight up clone of Rick Dangerous, so that's why!

    • @retropalooza
      @retropalooza 10 місяців тому +1

      @@TheLairdsLair I knew gamester81 was a dick

  • @patrickbennett439
    @patrickbennett439 9 місяців тому +1

    12:15 time OIDS, its like the OG Solar JEtman for NES.

  • @mantovannni
    @mantovannni 9 місяців тому +1

    I did the full Monaco GP on Microprose Formula one Grand Prix on easy though I must add. It was awesome but went on for too long to be honest.

  • @menhirmike
    @menhirmike 10 місяців тому +3

    Not surprised that Dungeon Master is #1, but I am surprised that Karateka isn't on the list - I guess it's more thought of as an Apple II game, but it never came to the Amiga, so I'd figure that the ST version would be on here. Not even Prince of Persia is on this list?! Isn't the ST version one of the official Broderbund games, while the Amiga was just a port?

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  10 місяців тому +2

      Not one vote for Karateka, Prince of Persia got a few but not enough to break the Top. This is easily the toughest poll I've run in terms of the sheer number of votes and different games voted for.

  • @Meebzorp5200
    @Meebzorp5200 10 місяців тому +3

    I nominate The Pawn, Airball, Time Bandit, Sundog, Bard's Tale, Silent Service, Roadwar 2000/Europa as honorable mentions.
    The Pawn blew me away with the pull down graphics on a "scroll." Not to mention the high res graphics. Fun adventure, too, and I think it was the best text adventure on the ST, and I played a ton.

    • @DarrenJohn10X
      @DarrenJohn10X 7 місяців тому

      Both Sundog and Time Bandit were unexpectedly big time investment... but worth it for the addictive immersion! Still itching to play them both sometimes, more than 30 years later

  • @jarrod300zx
    @jarrod300zx 4 місяці тому

    Joe blade, moon patrol, time bandit, Xenon 1, gods, super sprint, nebulus

  • @ms-ex8em
    @ms-ex8em 17 днів тому

    what other programs came out for the ST range?? i know theres an Apple Mac 68000 emulator (hardware based) thanks..................

  • @memorywarrior8752
    @memorywarrior8752 4 місяці тому

    Carrier Command was amazing for it's time.

  • @marccreach9327
    @marccreach9327 5 місяців тому +1

    I watched the video twice, but didn't find Lemmings 😢
    I say you edit the video to include it, pls upvote 😋
    Great work nonetheless, thanks !

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  5 місяців тому +1

      Surprisingly Lemmings was only in 31st place, it was 1st in the Amiga Top 20 so this was a big surprise!

  • @marcelrombouts8607
    @marcelrombouts8607 8 місяців тому +1

    Rainbow Islands (story of Bubble Bobble 2) was also an awesome arcade port on the ST.

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  8 місяців тому +1

      Couldn't agree more, in fact I have a great story about it. About 10 years ago I was at a retro gaming where Graftgold's Steve Turner did a talk and said that the ST port of Rainbow Islands was his best work and afterwards he came over to my ST, which I had set up at the show, and sat there playing it whilst giving us a running commentary about its creation!

    • @marcelrombouts8607
      @marcelrombouts8607 8 місяців тому

      @@TheLairdsLair Glad to have jogged your memory. Cool story.

  • @brianlhughes
    @brianlhughes Місяць тому +1

    Time Bandits, Sub Logic Flight Sim, Godz, Turrican 2, Captive, Dungeon Master and Chaos strikes back. One title I can't remember was a hero that ran down a path and you had to do special jumps to continue through each scene. Was the game with the balloon that slowly lost air on the ST? I also played Joust a lot on the ST. All of the Infocom games like Trinity, Zork and Enchanter.

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  Місяць тому

      Prince of Persia? Couldn't think of anything else that fits that description.
      And the second one - Crazy Balloon maybe? Although that wasn't on the ST.

    • @brianlhughes
      @brianlhughes Місяць тому +1

      @@TheLairdsLair I think i found it, Barbarian by Psygnosis.

    • @brianlhughes
      @brianlhughes Місяць тому +1

      @@TheLairdsLair found it, Barbarian by Psygnosis. The balloon game was kind of fun, it was slowly deflating and you went from room to room solving puzzles and had to keep the balloon refilled by hovering over inflators that you found. Yeah, not sure if it was for the ST.

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  Місяць тому

      That's Airball! Yes it was an ST game :-)

    • @brianlhughes
      @brianlhughes Місяць тому

      @@TheLairdsLair that's it! but i never finished it, tried my patience a bit too much.

  • @rameybutler-hm7nx
    @rameybutler-hm7nx 2 місяці тому

    I think the company that makes the fancy snes console and mega drive own the rights

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  2 місяці тому

      They don't, Atari own any rights to the ST.

  • @LCTesla
    @LCTesla 2 місяці тому +1

    Dynamyte Dux and SWIV were among my favorites as a kid
    Mad Professor Mariarty, James Pond
    I loved the game at 2:20 but don't remember its name... was it the one where you ram "boss" cars at the end?
    there was a game with a factory worker in a blue overall that was very high on my list... I can't even find pictures of it anywhere. EDIT: FOUND IT: Night Shift! And it was only has cap that was blue. And I did correctly remembered the music!
    and then there was this "egg" shaped guy on a tropical island with a very catchy background song... damn, so hard to remember it all.
    last one: North and South... I wasn't good at it but I loved seeing my older nephews play it.

  • @AE-bm4no
    @AE-bm4no 10 місяців тому +1

    i think the only top atari ST games to be considered should be ones that don't have slow down effects that aren't present on the amiga versions of the game. GODS is one example.

  • @lurkerrekrul
    @lurkerrekrul 10 місяців тому +2

    I've only played the Amiga version of Frontier and while I think it's an amazing tech demo, I've always felt that it was a crappy game. For starters, it was full of bugs and almost every one of my sessions with it ended in a crash. There were star systems that would crash the game if you tried to display info on them. Or taking on passengers who would refuse to leave the ship.
    The realistic physics meant that you needed to use time acceleration to get anywhere without it taking literal days, so you put the engines on maximum, turn on time acceleration and in no time, you're cruising at something like 100,000 KPS. Then you encounter a pirate and the game drops back to real time, but you're still traveling at an insane speed and since it took you (accelerated) hours to reach that speed, it would take you hours to decelerate. So while you can somewhat alter your course, you really can't perform any maneuvers and dogfight like you would in Elite. Fights become nothing more than jousting matches as you and the other ship pass each other. It also makes it incredibly hard to target the other ship. Of course you can lock onto the other ship, but then the autopilot will just crash into it.
    The realistic motion of the planets also makes it incredibly difficult to fly anywhere manually, so you're pretty much forced to use the autopilot if you don't want to waste a ton of time trying to catch up to your destination. Curiously, the autopilot is able to decelerate your ship back down to maneuvering speed at the drop of a hat. Of course you then have to quickly turn it off, or there's about a 50-75% chance that it will crash you into the planet rather than land on it.
    Even when I started a fight near the space station at maneuvering speeds, the combat was nowhere near as fun to me as in Elite. It just felt clunky and unfinished.
    Then there was the little stuff, like having to click individually to repair each unit of hull damage, even if that meant clicking the mouse 100+ times. Or the fact that most of the structures on the planets weren't solid and you could fly right through them. As you could the blocky structures on those big cargo ships (like the one in the intro). That really killed the illusion for me.
    Don't get me wrong, i loved to load it up, park my ship just a few feet from the station and watch this huge structure rotating under me, but every time I tried to actually PLAY the game the way it was intended, I just came away frustrated and annoyed.

  • @spoogemop
    @spoogemop 10 місяців тому +2

    No llove for Llamatron? Free, unless you wanted to pay. And apparently regarded by Eugene Jarvis as the best Robotron 2084 clone out there. I could get to Level 137 before it just stompled me flat.

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  10 місяців тому +1

      I was very surprised by its absence in the Top 20 and it's the game I spoke about in the intro. It finished in 24th place, but is a top 10 game for me personally.

  • @simonwatkins999
    @simonwatkins999 9 місяців тому +1

    Starglider 2!!!!!

  • @danielcontee7851
    @danielcontee7851 8 місяців тому +1

    captive

  • @neilthomas6042
    @neilthomas6042 10 місяців тому +1

    It looked like it was a really good computer, makes me wonder why I basically owned and played consoles.

  • @colinmcdonald2499
    @colinmcdonald2499 10 місяців тому +1

    The number 2 game Speedball2: Brutal Deluxe..I rented during a school break for Genesis and rented again. Binged it . Awesome game. How does the ST version compare to the Genesis/MD version?

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  10 місяців тому +1

      It's very similar indeed, not a lot to pick between them.

    • @colinmcdonald2499
      @colinmcdonald2499 10 місяців тому

      @@TheLairdsLair no wonder it ranked so high for the ST. Especially since the life of the ST was shorter than the 16bit Sega generation.

    • @brendanroberts1310
      @brendanroberts1310 10 місяців тому

      I think the amiga and ST had better sound than the megadrive version.

  • @Rasv-
    @Rasv- 9 місяців тому

    I'm surpriced the Hunt for Red October wasn't there. (Maybe Ishar too)

  • @MrFaceHead
    @MrFaceHead 10 місяців тому +1

    I didn’t have an ST back in the day but there’s something that’s always missing from these ‘best of’ lists which is Gunship by Microprose. It was developed for ST and released 1986. Didn’t come out on Amiga until 1989. Remember that for your 16-bit wars arguments. Of course I know why it doesn’t get mentioned… it’s because you scallywags didn’t have manuals for your games… and you won’t get off the ground in Gunship without multiple diagrams.

    • @IsaacKuo
      @IsaacKuo 10 місяців тому +1

      Gunship was developed for the C64 and ported to other systems. I think the reason it gets overlooked is because it still had the feel of an 8-bit game, whereas Carrier Command really made the impression of a "next generation" game.
      Also, maybe bitterness that Gunship 2000 never got an Atari ST port.
      Anyway, rampart piracy didn't stop Gunship from becoming really popular and well remembered on the C64.

    • @andrewgoodall2183
      @andrewgoodall2183 Місяць тому

      @@IsaacKuo This is correct. I played it lots on the C64, and had it on the ST as well. The C64 version was actually better IMO, though the tape loading SUCKED.

  • @astra6712
    @astra6712 10 місяців тому +2

    Is there any way to play these games on an ordinary PC?

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  10 місяців тому +3

      Yep, with an emulator like Hatari or SainT.

  • @arifeldman6365
    @arifeldman6365 9 місяців тому +1

    How come Oids, Sundog or Time Bandit aren't in the list? All of these were excellent technically, graphically, and in game play.

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  9 місяців тому

      I am guessing you didn't actually watch the whole video because Oids was 6th. Time Bandit and Sundog both made the Top 40 in 30th and 28th positions respectively.

    • @arifeldman6365
      @arifeldman6365 9 місяців тому

      @@TheLairdsLair indeed. my mistake!

  • @mrorangepeel659
    @mrorangepeel659 7 місяців тому

    I would have a different 20 and this is completely subjective.

  • @WasNotWas999
    @WasNotWas999 10 місяців тому +2

    Glad midimaze made it...

  • @sideburn
    @sideburn 10 місяців тому

    Weird timing I just searched for “best st games”

  • @marcraygun6290
    @marcraygun6290 10 місяців тому +1

    I think llamatron gotta be in here

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  10 місяців тому

      Agreed, I was shocked it didn't make it.

    • @marcraygun6290
      @marcraygun6290 10 місяців тому

      @@TheLairdsLair minter lives round here see him quite often I don't know him but sold him his dream cast when I worked in Game in carmarthen

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  10 місяців тому

      I've met him many times, shared a few drinks with him and interviewed him too, great guy.

    • @IBelieveInCode
      @IBelieveInCode 10 місяців тому

      And SWIV 🙂

  • @tenminutetokyo2643
    @tenminutetokyo2643 10 місяців тому +1

    DOOD!

  • @5AMMotorcycles
    @5AMMotorcycles 3 місяці тому

    Where were Lemmings and Golden Axe??

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  3 місяці тому

      Lemmings just made the top 40, I was surprised because I thought it would be top 10.
      Golden Axe was nowhere.

  • @MikePovey69
    @MikePovey69 24 дні тому

    Monkey Island 😮

  • @spencerdavies4666
    @spencerdavies4666 10 місяців тому

    Wot, no Midwinter?...

  • @josephrowe2202
    @josephrowe2202 10 місяців тому +1

    It's always funny seeing how much worse Amiga and ST games look than their Mega Drive and SNES counterparts... despite what the micro-clan says otherwise

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  10 місяців тому +2

      3D games and strategy games generally don't, but arcade style titles most certainly because consoles were designed purely to play games, whereas most computers weren't, especially in the case of the ST.

    • @colinmcdonald2499
      @colinmcdonald2499 10 місяців тому +2

      Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe. I spent at least 10 bucks renting that one for the Genesis from Blockbuster. Awesome game. I think that one might look better on ST...

    • @CountLollo
      @CountLollo 10 місяців тому

      1993: playing Street Fighter II on the SNES and Civilization on the ST.
      2023: Playing Zelda TOTK on Switch and BG3 on my laptop.
      Morale: some games were, are and will be more suited for a computer, some others suit a console just fine.

    • @GandaMelgao
      @GandaMelgao 10 місяців тому

      In terms of sound, xenon 2 and rainbow islands for the Megadrive sounds ridiculous when compared to the Amiga.
      Also, it depends on what you like. I played all sorts of games on the Amiga, including Infocom text adventures. Don't remember being able to play Infocom games on the Megadrive 🤔
      Of course, you can say you hate text adventures. And you have that right. I loved them. And I have that right. The point is, computers and consoles back in the day had a different public in mind. By the way, I had an Amiga and a Megadrive, and loved them both 😁

    • @GandaMelgao
      @GandaMelgao 10 місяців тому

      @@colinmcdonald2499 ah..... It was such a great game. One of my favourites at the time. Never played the ST version, only the Amiga and the Megadrive.

  • @wagnerpaivafernandes
    @wagnerpaivafernandes 10 місяців тому

    If these abominations are the best I am afraid to see the worst

    • @TheLairdsLair
      @TheLairdsLair  10 місяців тому +2

      Stick to your PS5, this channel isn't for you.

  • @nebo1186
    @nebo1186 3 місяці тому +1

    my bro was a programer from day one,didnt care about games., me always bothering him to let me play xenon and falcon